Tribal TANF Plan Requirements

TRIBAL TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) PLAN REQUIREMENTS

	Plan Requirement*	Citation
	State time period covered by the plan	45 CFR 286.75(a)
	Identify designated lead tribal agency responsible for the delivery of program services	45 CFR 286.75(b)
	Describe the program goals and the means of measuring progress towards those goals	45 CFR 286.75(a)(5)
	Describe geographical service area	45 CFR 286.75(e)
	Describe service population	45 CFR 286.75(d)
	Describe assistance, services, and activities offered	45 CFR 286.75(a)(2)
	If the tribe will not provide the same services, assistance, and activities in all parts of the service area, indicate any variations	45 CFR 286.75(a)(3)
	If the tribe opts to provide different services to specific populations, including teen parents and individuals who are transitioning off TANF assistance, indicate whether any of these services will be provided and, if so, what services will be provided	45 CFR 286.75(a)(4)
	Indicate whether the services, assistance, and activities will be provided by the tribe itself or through grants, contracts, or compacts with inter-tribal consortia, states, or other entities	45 CFR 286.75(c)
	Describe the TANF eligibility requirements for both assistance and other support services	45 CFR 286.75(a)(1)
	Define: "family" (i.e., family composition), "needy" (i.e., income and resource limits), and "Tribal member family"	45 CFR 286.75(a)(1)
	Describe the policies around cooperation with child support including whether cooperation and/or assignment is required and if assignment, compliance with 45 CFR 286.155	45 CFR 286.75(a)(8) & 155
	Identify employment opportunities on and near the service area and how the tribe will enhance such opportunities	45 CFR 286.75(g)
	Provide assurance of 45-day public comment period	45 CFR 286.75(a)(6)
	Describe the appeal/dispute resolution process	45 CFR 286.75(a)(7)
	Provide assurance of non-duplication of services and description of means by which the tribe will ensure duplication does not occur	45 CFR 286.75(f)
	State time limit for assistance	45 CFR 286.115
	Describe any exceptions to time limit	45 CFR 286.115
	Describe the percent of caseload exempt from time limit and justification	45 CFR 286.115 & 120
	Describe the TANF work participation rate and hours	45 CFR 286.80
	Describe the tribe’s work activities	45 CFR 286.80
	Describe the TANF work participation exemptions and justification	45 CFR 286.80
	Define: "appropriate child care," "reasonable distance," "unsuitability of informal child care," and "affordable child care"	45 CFR 286.150

Describe the tribe's policies for penalties against individuals	45 CFR 286.135
Include assurances/statements that address: Data Collection, Retrocession, Family Violence Option (if applicable), and fiscal accountability provisions	45 CFR 286.30, 75(h), 140, & 245
Attach Assurance SF-424B (Non-Construction Programs)	45 CFR 286.45(e)
Attach Tribal Resolution(s) (1) if this is a new program or (2) previous resolutions included an expiration or in effect until date and that date has occurred or will occur before the end of the three year renewal period	45 CFR 286.70
Verify that all expenditures are reasonably calculated to accomplish a purpose of TANF (1) Are reasonably calculated to accomplish the purposes of TANF, including, but not limited to, the provision to low income households with assistance in meeting home heating and cooling costs; assistance in economic development and job creation activities, the provision of supportive services to assist needy families to prepare for, obtain, and retain employment; the provision of supportive services to prevent of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and assistance in keeping families together, or (2) Were an authorized use of funds under the State plans for Parts A or F of title IV of the Social Security Act, as such parts wer (1) Are reasonably calculated to accomplish the purposes of TANF, including, but not limited to, the provision to low income households with assistance in meeting home heating and cooling costs; assistance in economic development and job creation activities, the provision of supportive services to assist needy families to prepare for, obtain, and retain employment; the provision of supportive services to prevent of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and assistance in keeping families together, or (2) Were an authorized use of funds under the State plans for Parts A or F of title IV of the Social Security Act, as such parts were in effect on September 30, 1995.	45 CFR 286.35

*Tribes should also review all regulatory requirements. Nothing in this spreadsheet supersedes requirements listed in regulation or statute.